Use the FOSS currency Bitcoin?

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Feb 26, 2011, 10:41:39 PM2/26/11

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Wouldn't it be a good idea to want to transfer the funds using a FOSS
currency as well?

Bitcoin is a FOSS-based anoymous digital currency.

At least one of your recipients for 2010, Tahoe-LAFS, already accepts
Bitcoin donations:
http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/BitCoinPage

If you aren't already familiar with Bitcoin, here are some resources:

- http://www.bitcoin.org
- http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ
- http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/189246
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPSwA2Itbs
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2200705

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Feb 27, 2011, 7:05:21 AM2/27/11

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Interesting idea. What do you see as the advantage of using it in this case? We don't really need to be anonymous.